From Austin

We are planning a test automation conference in Austin in February March 23-24.

• Thursday: Pre-conference Workshops
• Friday Morning: General Assembly - Single Track
• Friday Afternoon: Working Groups - Open Space
• Saturday Morning: General Assembly - Single Track
• Saturday Afternoon: Working Groups - Open Space
• Sunday Morning: Final Assembly
• Sunday Afternoon: Coffeshops and Biking

Organizers:

• Alister Scott, Australia
• Bret Pettichord, Austin
• Charley Baker, Denver
• Tiffany Fodor, Denver
• Marek J, Austin (relocated from Poland via Dallas and Seattle)
• Hugh McGowan, Austin
• Jim Matthews, Austin
• Carl Schaulis, Austin
• Mark Anderson, Austin
• Mike Canzoneri, Costa Rica

Details:

• Open source test automation workshop - not Watir specific - but primarily focused on Watir/WebDriver
• Specification by Example a key theme
• Limited to 100 attendees
• Fairly cheap entry
• Feb 2012
• In Austin, which is a great place to be in February
• Sponsors similar to Watir Day
• Interesting varied workshop with hands on demos, presentations, challenges and competitions, including a Watir vs. Selenium cage match.

Love to hear your thoughts about this.